Grass-Fed Cheese Please!

I was in a Safeway store in a rural area yesterday and found a terrific bargain. Kerrygold Dubliner cheese is aged 12 months (meaning little or no lactose to give us gas and other gastric complaints) and is grass fed (which means it has a healthier fat profile than do cheeses from grain-fed cows). To top it off their regular price was only $7.57/lb or 47 cents a serving -- a bargain for grass fed cheese -- and this stuff is really good. It tastes something like an aged U.S. cheddar crossed with swiss cheese. Grass-fed cheese is hard to find in a regular supermarket and is usually quite expensive. Finding this at a good price in a rural area was a big win! I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for this in other supermarkets.

The fat profile stuff is important for those of us who have mood disorders. When it comes to Omega 3 fatty acids (something that just about every modern psychiatrist recommends his patients take fish oil supplements to get), it's not how much you take in,
it's how much you take in compared to the amount of Omega 6 fatty acids. Since the American food chain is heavily dependent on grains, grain-fed animal products, and oils high in Omega 6s, we need a ton of Omega 3s in our diet to offset them and that's not easy to do. Taking enough fish oil pills to offset the amount of Omega 6 in the average American's diet would give you really annoying digestive problems.

To cut down on my Omega 6 intake and thereby keep my need for Omega 3s at a level that's reasonable, I avoid buying meat (unless grass-fed, which is usually not available to me or not within my budget), I'm trying to buy grass-fed/pasture-raised egg and dairy products whenever available at whatever cost it takes, I'm eliminating cooking oils that contain high amounts of Omega 6s and replacing them with coconut oil, and I'm cutting back on grains in general and replacing them with extra fruits and veggies. Aged cheese is a favorite treat for me and getting good, grass-fed, aged cheese at this price makes me very happy!

For more info on grass-fed cheese and your heath: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=121
For more info on Omega 3 fatty acids for people with mental health issues: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15907142
For more info on omega 3 fatty acids and food: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=84


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